From: Liu Jian <liujian56@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 1a392b3de7c5747506b38fc14b2e79977d3c7770 ] 'idev' is malloced in __uio_register_device() and leak free it before leaving from the uio_get_minor() error handing case, it will cause memory leak. Fixes: a93e7b331568 ("uio: Prevent device destruction while fds are open") Signed-off-by: Liu Jian <liujian56@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Hamish Martin <hamish.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/uio/uio.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c index fb5c9701b1fbd..4e9b0ff79b131 100644 --- a/drivers/uio/uio.c +++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c @@ -939,8 +939,10 @@ int __uio_register_device(struct module *owner, atomic_set(&idev->event, 0); ret = uio_get_minor(idev); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + kfree(idev); return ret; + } idev->dev.devt = MKDEV(uio_major, idev->minor); idev->dev.class = &uio_class; -- 2.20.1